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By RANDY KREHBIEL
MUSKOGEE U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn urged Oklahomans on Wednesday to join the movement for a national constitutional convention to cut down an oversized federal government and counter what he repeatedly referred to as a lawless Obama administration.
I used to have a great fear of constitutional conventions, Coburn told about 300 people at the Muskogee Convention Center. I have a great fear now of not having one.
A national convention called by two-thirds of the state legislatures is one of two ways the U.S. Constitution can be amended. Such a convention has never been called, largely because the Constitution itself was the product of a convention authorized only to amend the existing Articles of Confederation, but which replaced it entirely.
Thus, political leaders and scholars have long held that such a convention could be dangerous and even destructive to the nation.
But as conservative frustration with the Obama administration has grown, some factions have begun advocating for such a convention.
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Scuba
(53,475 posts)... but with very different goals in mind.
Voter rights, voter rights, voter rights and no private money in politics. Of course that's just me.
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)The Republicans would never go along with it though. I think their intentions are very different.
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)Koch also wants a constitutional convention and he's said publicly that he doesn't think much of Democracy. I think their real intention is to push us closer to a fascist state.
JustAnotherGen
(31,823 posts)That FDR's second Bill Of Rights is off the table as a starting point?
http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/archives/stateoftheunion.html
OmahaBlueDog
(10,000 posts)See this thread:
http://election.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1776713
Most of this is being driven now by Mark Levin's latest book The Liberty Amendments
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ralphbenko/2013/08/19/mark-levins-game-changer-using-the-constitution-to-arrest-federal-drift/
http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2013-08-17/news/bs-ed-thomas-constitution-20130817_1_founders-u-s-constitution-limited-government
n2doc
(47,953 posts)Instead of that, which has been shown time and again to just produce a bunch of inexperienced legislators who are totally dependent on staffers and very easily influenced by special interests, why not ban gerrymandering? Make each district the same population, roughly, and with a maximum perimeter based on state size. And finally, strive for districts with no more than 55% D or R in them. Then you might see congress a bit more responsive to people's needs.
randome
(34,845 posts)[hr][font color="blue"][center]Don't ever underestimate the long-term effects of a good night's sleep.[/center][/font][hr]
spanone
(135,833 posts)fuck you tom. where were your fucking concerns when the bu$h torture program was implemented and we invaded iraq for no fucking reason at all, except to make
halliburton wealthy? as i said. fuck you tommy boy.
Botany
(70,504 posts)I mean how unconstitutional can it be that Obama won the Presidency 2 times?
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These mother fuckers are seething with anger over Obama being President.